A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Opotiki in New Zealand. The temblor was detected at 22:23:50 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 10:23:50 / June 20, 2018 @ 10:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, 177.6652° East, -37.8677° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ewdd. Unique identifier: us1000ewdd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gisborne, Kawerau, Whakatane. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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